Early Childhood Education Major Required Courses (66 credits)
Must be Taken at AUM |
| Human Development (4.5 Credits) |
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| ECE301 Child Development and Learning |
4.5 Credits |
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Behavior Management & Conflict Resolution
(4.5 Credits)
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| ECE318 Establishing & Maintaining an Effective Learning Environment |
4.5 Credits |
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| Family, School & Community Relations (4.5 Credits) |
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| ECE305 Building Family, School & Community Relationships in a Diverse Society |
4.5 Credits |
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| Teaching and Learning (18 credits) |
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ECE323 Teaching and Learning: Science Methods
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4.5 Credits |
ECE324 Teaching and Learning: Math Methods
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4.5 Credits |
ECE343 Teaching & Learning: Integrated Arts Method
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4.5 Credits |
| ECE345 Teaching and Learning: Social Studies and Citizenship Methods |
4.5 Credits |
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| Reading (18 credits) |
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| RLE506 Content Area Reading |
4.5 Credits |
RLE511 Integration of Multicultural Literature into Reading & Language Arts Instruction
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4.5 Credits |
| RLE512 Methods for Diagnosing, Assessing, and Teaching Beginning Reading |
4.5 Credits |
| RLE513 Phonics |
4.5 Credits |
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| Research and Assessment (4.5 credits) |
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| ECE316 Assessment and Differentiated Instruction |
4.5 Credits |
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| Clinical (12 credits) |
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| ECE414 Clinical Practice (student teaching) |
10 Credits |
| ECE415 Capstone |
2 Credit |
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| Core Area Electives (90 credits) |
| Satisfied by associates degree, or complete or transfer in courses within the categories listed below: |
Art (Examples: Dance, Theater, Music, Visual Arts)
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6 Credits |
| Literature and Language (Examples: Literature, Writing, Language Acquisition, Foreign Language) |
6 Credits |
Culture and Interdisciplinary Studies
(Examples: African and American Studies, Communications, Education Studies, Peace and Women’s Studies) |
6 Credits |
Environmental and Life Science
(Examples: Environmental Studies, Biology, Nutrition, Geology) |
9 Credits |
Physical Science and Mathematics
(Minimum of one course in Mathematics and one course in Computer or Physical Sciences such as Chemistry, Physics, or Astronomy) |
9 Credits |
History, Philosophy, and Religious Studies
(Examples: U.S. History and one course in Philosophy, Ethics, or Religion) |
9 Credits |
Self, Society and Culture
(Examples: Anthropology, Psychology, or Sociology)
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9 Credits |
Social and Global Studies
(Examples: Economics, Environmental Policy, Social and Global StudiesInternational Relations, Management, or Political Science) |
9 Credits |
S/T422 Global Ecology and Public Policy